No leads yet on dead body found in county

Published: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 03:37 PM.

A body discovered Friday morning in northern Alamance County has yet to be identified.

“Nobody’s even come forward with any information so far,” said Randy Jones, a spokesman for the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.

The body was discovered about 9 a.m. Friday near an abandoned house on property in the Lewis Graham Road area.

“It’s going to be a homicide,” Jones said.

The body is that of a black man estimated to be between the ages of 20 and 30. He’s between 5 feet 7 and 6 feet tall, weighing between 150 and 175 pounds. Officers don’t know how long the body was on the property before it was discovered, but Jones said it’s not believed it was there for a long period.

The body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill for an autopsy. The autopsy hasn’t yet been completed.

Jones said a composite drawing of the victim should be released by the sheriff’s office either Monday night or Tuesday morning.

A body discovered Friday morning in northern Alamance County has yet to be identified.

“Nobody’s even come forward with any information so far,” said Randy Jones, a spokesman for the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office.

The body was discovered about 9 a.m. Friday near an abandoned house on property in the Lewis Graham Road area.

“It’s going to be a homicide,” Jones said.

The body is that of a black man estimated to be between the ages of 20 and 30. He’s between 5 feet 7 and 6 feet tall, weighing between 150 and 175 pounds. Officers don’t know how long the body was on the property before it was discovered, but Jones said it’s not believed it was there for a long period.

The body was sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Chapel Hill for an autopsy. The autopsy hasn’t yet been completed.

Jones said a composite drawing of the victim should be released by the sheriff’s office either Monday night or Tuesday morning.

The body was discovered by a landowner checking his property. He saw what he thought was a mannequin lying on the property, then realized it was a human.

The man was wearing a red long-sleeved shirt and jeans that are made by Evolution. They have a red “W” on the back pocket. The man was also wearing a leather belt that has rhinestones and various types of studding embedded in it.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 336-570-6300.